Television coverage is scant for Americans in Gold Cup tournament.

(Wednesday, February 9, 2000) -- Fans hoping to watch the United States
play in the Gold Cup will likely be disappointed with relatively few games
broadcast and those that are done in Spanish.

If the U.S. gets to the semifinals of the tournament that runs from
Saturday to February 27, it will play in a total of five matches. There
could be as few as one available on any TV. The best case scenario would
have three of those five broadcast.

The match that definitely will be broadcast will be the Saturday when the
U.S. faces Haiti at 7 p.m. (ET). The only network to show the game is
Spanish-language Galavision, a little known operation that is available to
DirecTV satellite subscribers. Otherwise, Galvision's availability to cable
subscribers is nowhere near that of Univision and Telemundo, the top
Spanish-language networks.

The second U.S. match, against Peru next Wednesday, will not be shown
broadcast live anywhere.

If the U.S. wins Group B (which includes Haiti and Peru), it will play in
the February 19 quarterfinal which will be broadcast live by Univision. If
the U.S. finishes second in Group B, it advances to a quarterfinal which
will not be televised.

The only other match the U.S. could play in that will be televised would be
the title game which will be aired by Univision February 27 at 3 p.m.